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Program Initiatives

The key priorities for the Coastal Resources Management Program are as follows:

  • Develop the State Water Plan, with an emphasis on integrating Coastal Zone issues into a comprehensive vision and action agenda based on watershed management and protection of coastal ecosystems.

  • Expand existing GIS capabilities into all aspects and functions of the CRM program, integrating the results into the larger state of water planning efforts.

  • Complete the Coastal Wetlands inventory for both Coastal Zones.

  • Succesfully apply Federal Consistency provisions of the Coastal Zone Management Act to the CRM program.

  • Increase research on the effects and management of non-native invasive plant and animal species in the two Coastal Zone areas.

  • Emphasize the CNPP management measures with particular attention to stormwater management in the Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone.

  • Increase support for the 7 County Conservation Districts and the Philadelphia Water Department that operate within Pennsylvania's Coastal Zones.

  • Enhance monitoring of coastal hazards and wetlands degradation

P.O. Box 8465
400 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8465
Phone:  (717) 772-4785
Fax:  (717) 783-4690